The Gate Of Angels

Short-listed for the Booker Prize.

“A singular accomplishment.” — Boston Globe

“Powerfully bewitching.” — Los Angeles Times

In 1912, rational Fred Fairly, one of Cambridge’s best and brightest, crashes his bike and wakes up in bed with a stranger — fellow casualty Daisy Saunders, a charming, pretty, generous working-class nurse. So begins a series of complications — not only of the heart but also of the head — as Fred and Daisy take up each other’s education and turn each other’s philosophi...